Forging the future at CRMS
Carbondale’s first private, independent school is modernizing its campus in a major effort to bring its aging buildings into step with its well-known academic and outdoor programs. Colorado Rocky Mountain School, a private boarding school for grades …
Read More »Coal Ridge High seniors graduate
Coal Ridge High School honored 81 graduating seniors at Friday's commencement exercises in Peach Valley. Kelley Cox / Post Independent …
Read More »Bright future for Bears
Rifle High School's Valedictorian, Kellan Johnson, addresses his Class of 2013 during Saturday's commencement exercises at Bear's Stadium in Rifle. See Friday's Post Independent for more information about the graduating classes of Garfield County Sch …
Read More »Remembering our fallen heroes
Flowers and flags will decorate area cemeteries in recognition of Memorial Day on Monday. Monday ceremonies include; Rosebud Cemetery at 11 a.m. in Glenwood Springs and Highland Cemetery in New Castle at 10 a.m. Kelley Cox / Post Independent …
Read More »Glenwood Canyon accident victims identified
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The victims of an early Wednesday morning accident in a Glenwood Canyon construction zone, in which one woman was killed and three passengers in her car were severely injured, have been identified as members of a Denver-area family …
Read More »Colorado Mesa University senior one step closer to becoming a U.S. Paralympian
Colorado Mesa University’s Heidi Duce, a 22-year-old senior, is one step closer to realizing her dream — to represent the United States in snowboard cross at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Russia. “In the last race of the year, at the (IP …
Read More »Surrogacy exposed
WASHINGTON — Women’s reproductive rights have enjoyed a half-century or so of well-defined proponents and opponents, but the recently flourishing fertility industry, from egg harvesting to surrogacy, has produced fresh and surprising alliances among …
Read More »Liverpool comes to Glenwood Springs
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Carbondale native Ben Wright never knew he would someday channel the music of the most successful act in the history of music for a living. Now he lives and breathes the songs of the Beatles. Wright plays the drums and strings for …
Read More »Adventure out to the Grand Mesa this summer
The Grand Mesa is one of the best-kept secrets of the valley, and local expert Seth Anderson wants to share it! Its beauty astounds him and “everybody should get up there,” he said. Anderson, who owns Grand Junction’s own adventure clothing line — L …
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- Insured Garfield County children no longer qualify for free vaccines
- Pardon angers relatives of Dunlap victim
- Spring releases for endangered fish a ‘no go’ this year
- Carbondale chip seal project begins May 28
- CDOT to review Interstate 70 work zone after second fatal accident
- Roaring Fork Valley activists hopeful about Senate immigration reform bill
- Gregory Blurton of Rifle nixes plea deal, tries to fire lawyer
- Coal Ridge, Yampah Mtn. high schools kick off commencement season
- AAA Colorado projects Memorial Day travel to decline
